Cretan

English

Alternative forms

Cretian

Etymology

From Crete +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːtən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -iːtən
Homophone: cretin (for some accents)

Adjective

Cretan (not comparable)

Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

Translations

relating to Crete

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: kretar
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: cretenc (ca)
Coptic: ⲕⲣⲏⲧⲉⲥ (krētes)
Czech: krétský (cs)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: Kretenzisch (nl)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kreetalainen
French: crétois (fr)
Friulian: cretês
Galician: cretense (gl)
Georgian: კრეტული (ḳreṭuli), კრეტას (ḳreṭas)
German: kretisch (de)
Greek: κρητικός (el) m (kritikós)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: krítverskur
Irish: Créatach
Italian: cretese
Latin: creticus
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Lombard: cretes
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kretisk

Nynorsk: kretisk
Occitan: cretés
Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: kreteński (pl)
Portuguese: cretense
Romanian: cretan
Russian: кри́тский (ru) (krítskij)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: cretense (es)
Swedish: kretensisk (sv)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: Cretaidd

Noun

Cretan (plural Cretans)

An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.

Translations

inhabitant

Catalan: cretenc (ca) m, cretenca (ca) f
Coptic: ⲕⲣⲏⲧⲉⲥ (krētes)
Czech: Kréťan m
Danish: kreter c, kretenser c
Dutch: Kretenzer (nl) m, Kretenzische (nl) f
Esperanto: kretano m, kretanino f
Finnish: kreetalainen
French: Crétois (fr) m, Crétoise f
Galician: cretense (gl)
Georgian: კრეტელი (ḳreṭeli)
German: Kreter (de) m, Kreterin (de) f
Greek: Κρητικός (el) m (Kritikós), Κρής (el) m (Krís), Κρητικιά (el) f (Kritikiá), Κρήσσα f (Kríssa)
Ancient: Κρής m (Krḗs)
Hebrew: כְּרֵתִי (he) m (kretí)
Icelandic: Krítverji m
Irish: Créatach m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kreter m

Nynorsk: kretar m
Polish: Kreteńczyk (pl) m
Portuguese: cretense m or f
Romanian: cretan m, cretană f
Russian: критя́нин (ru) m (kritjánin), критя́нка f (kritjánka)
Spanish: cretense (es)
Swedish: kretensare (sv) c, kreter c
Welsh: Cretiad m

Proper noun

Cretan

The dialect of Greek spoken in Crete.
Holonym: Doric

Anagrams

Canter, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance